I've been printing since 1968 (B&W) and later had my own color darkroom for 10 years. I switched over to digital printing when R3 paper was discontinued approximately 10 years ago.
I started out with a small 13" Epson 1400 and later acquired two Epson 4800s which I sold when I got my 7800. I then bought the Epson 7800, 9600 and 9900. After the 7800 and 9800 died within a few months of each other I switched to a Canon ipf6400 and am much happier, but the 9600 just keeps going and going.